Don Bendell signs newest sequel in release worldwide

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01/14/2016 02:16:08 PM MST

Don Bendell (Special to the Daily Record)

Bendell signs newest sequel in release worldwide

With more than three million copies of his first 27 books in print, Amazon number one best-selling western author Don Bendell, who has lived in Fremont county since 1982, just had his 28th book, The Indian Ring, released worldwide by his publisher Berkley/Penguin-Random House Books of New York City on Jan. 5. He will sign copies of his novel Jan. 23 at Hastings, 1811 Fremont Drive.

The book is the second sequel to his number one best-selling paperback historical western novel Strongheart, which was followed by Blood Feather, the Colorado Authors League 2014 runner-up for Mainstream Novel of the Year. The signing will be from 2-4 p.m., and he also will also sign books at Barnes and Noble in Pueblo on Saturday, and at The Citadel Barnes and Noble in Colorado Springs on Feb. 6.

The novel, like its prequels, is centered around Fremont county where the protagonist lives, a half-white/half-Sioux Pinkerton Agent named Joshua Strongheart who quotes Shakespeare and is equally adept with guns and bows and arrows. Bendell has ridden his horse over all the ground he writes about and many locations in Fremont, Custer, Pueblo, and El Paso counties are written about and described in the book. The Indian Ring centers around Strongheart's fight with the infamous Indian Ring which tried to break treaties and take over the Black Hills in Dakota Territory, operate numerous Indian agencies run by corrupt sutlers who robbed the Native Americans of quality government goods and replaced them with very inferior, cheap supplies, and other scams.

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The book is dedicated to Bendell's late wife, Shirley Bendell, a popular figure in Fremont county for more than three decades. Shirley died Valentine's Day, 2014.

The fourth and final novel in the Strongheart series will be released worldwide in July and is called The Rider of Phantom Canyon. The next book after that will be a Tom Clancy-like military spy thriller called A Quiet Strength. Bendell's longtime editor, Tom Colgan, was also Tom Clancy's editor for 25 years and is Editorial Director and Vice President of Berkley/Penguin-Random House Books.

Cañon City Women's Connection Vital Network meets Thursday

The Cañon City Women's Connection meets from 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 701 Macon. Use the Seventh Street entrance, with parking at Seventh and Greenwood. Cost is $5, which includes coffee, tea and snacks. Emma Glancy, St. Thomas More Wellness Program Manager, will share helpful tips for women's health and wellness.

The Cañon City School District has Early Access enrollment for highly advanced gifted children under the age of six. This option is not recommended for the majority of children. Children who may be ready to enter school early

— have highly advanced skills in literacy and math,

— have appropriate social readiness,

— have exhausted the resources of preschool.

There are several levels of screening to determine if a child would be a good candidate for early enrollment.

First, speak with your child's preschool teacher to find out if they feel your child would fit the criteria. To begin the Early Access Process, remit a letter of intent on or before Feb. 15 to Adam Hartman, Gifted Education Department, 101 N. 14th, Cañon City, CO 81212. Second, contact Adam Hartman in the Gifted Education Department at hartmaa@canoncityschools.org or (719) 429-3839 for a brief interview and to pick up a Screening Portfolio packet.

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